SOCCER PLAYER

Alessandro Nesta

1976 - Today

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Alessandro Nesta (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro ˈnɛsta]; born 19 March 1976) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is currently manager of Serie B club Reggiana. Usually deployed as a centre-back, he is widely considered as one of the best defenders of all time. He was best known for his pace, artistic tackles, elegance on the ball, distribution and tight marking of opponents.He made over 400 Serie A appearances in a 20-year career spread between Lazio and AC Milan, winning domestic and European honours with both clubs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Nesta has received more than 2,638,127 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Alessandro Nesta is the 279th most popular soccer player (up from 372nd in 2019), the 1,372nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,673rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alessandro Nestas by language

Over the past year Alessandro Nesta has had the most page views in the with 390,782 views, followed by Italian (277,576), and Spanish (78,693). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (258.45%), Kurdish (Kurmanji) (253.18%), and Southern Azerbaijani (171.43%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alessandro Nesta ranks 279 out of 21,273. Before him are Rajko Mitić, Lee Yoo-hyung, Antoni Ramallets, Duncan Edwards, Raúl, and Gusztáv Sebes. After him are Elías Figueroa, Marcelo, Míchel, Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Deco, and Angelo Schiavio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Alessandro Nesta ranks 17. Before him are Judit Polgár, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Vieira, Yuval Noah Harari, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir. After him are Colin Farrell, Diane Kruger, Ryan Reynolds, Audrey Tautou, Simone Inzaghi, and Guti.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Nesta ranks 1,372 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (1936), Musa of Parthia (-40), Franco Alfano (1875), Claudio Magris (1939), and Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76). After him are Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (1382), Angelo Secchi (1818), Vonones I (-100), Nanni Moretti (1953), Quintus Hortensius (-114), and Saint Silvia (515).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Alessandro Nesta ranks 27. Before him are Antonio Conte (1969), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Gino Colaussi (1914), Alessandro Costacurta (1966), Gaetano Scirea (1953), and Lorenzo Buffon (1929). After him are Angelo Schiavio (1905), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), Salvatore Schillaci (1964), Valentino Mazzola (1919), Giovanni Ferrari (1907), and Gianpiero Combi (1902).

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